As the eldest daughter of Emperor Wu of Han and Wei Zifu, and also the first child of Emperor Wu of Han, Princess Wei Chang was extremely favored by Emperor Wu of Han, and not only crossed the rank to obtain the title, but also obtained the richest Tang Muyi. However, it is such a royal princess who is loved by thousands of people, but she is doomed to a miserable life because of her two marriages.
Although Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty and the first empress Chen Ajiao left a beautiful talk in history about "Golden House Hidden Jiao", the relationship between the empress dowager was really not harmonious. The reason is that the reason why Liu Che was able to replace Liu Rong and be made crown prince was inseparable from the support of Chen Ajiao's mother, Princess Liu Yan of Guantao, and liu Che's contradictions with Empress Dowager Dou Yifang intensified at the beginning of Liu Che's reign because of changes, and it was also Liu Yan, the princess of Guantao, who helped her stabilize the throne.
It was precisely by virtue of supporting Liu Che and helping him stabilize the throne that not only did Princess Liu Yan of Guantao often make various requests to Liu Che on weekdays, but Empress Chen Ajiao was extremely arrogant in the harem, which made Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty extremely dissatisfied with his mother and daughter. It was only out of the need to stabilize the throne that under the persuasion of his mother, Wang Jie, he showed courtesy to the two.
Empress Chen Ajiao
However, although Empress Chen Ajiao dominated the harem for a long time, she never gave birth to a son and a half daughter, and even if she spent a lot of money, she could not be cured. If it is just That Chen Ajiao herself has no heirs, but because of her extreme "jealousy", other concubines in the harem also have no heirs, so that Emperor Wudi of Han is nearly twenty years old and still has no children, and over time some people doubt whether the problem is the emperor, and it is estimated that even Emperor Wudi of Han himself has doubts.
It was not until the third year of Jianyuan (138 BC), wei Zifu, who had been in the palace for more than a year, saw Emperor Wu of Han again and became pregnant after being lucky, that Emperor Wu of Han was relieved and swept away the gloomy mood of several years. It is precisely for this reason that Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, can be said to be happy about the birth of Princess Weichang, and this should also be an important reason why Princess Weichang is extremely favored.
Empress Dowager Dou
In the sixth year of Emperor Jianyuan of The Han Dynasty (135 BC), Empress Dowager Dou Yifang, who had suppressed Emperor Wu of Han for six years, died, and Emperor Wu of Han, who had regained control of the government, began to purge The power of Empress Dowager Dou, not only deposing the chancellor Xu Chang and the imperial master Zhuang Qingzhai and others, but also executing Empress Dou's nephew Dou Bao by means of "swearing the throne" and promoting and forming his own ruling team.
At the same time, Empress Chen Ajiao, jealous of Wei Zifu's successive births of children, became increasingly favored and persecuted Wei Zifu and his relatives many times, causing Emperor Wu of Han to become more and more disgusted with him. After the death of Empress Dowager Dou, he used the "Witchcraft Technique" in order to regain favor, and as a result, in the fifth year of Yuan Guang (deposed in 130 BC), Wei Zifu was made empress, and the Wei forces also ushered in the opportunity to rise.
With the return of Emperor Wu of Han to power and the favor of the Wei family, coupled with the fact that Princess Wei Chang was already extremely favored by Emperor Wu of Han, her status was also rising.
As we all know, the daughters of ancient emperors were generally named princesses, and only the emperor's sisters would be named "long princesses", and Princess Weichang, as the daughter of Emperor Wu of Han, was directly named "long princess" by the ranks.
In addition, when choosing Tang Muyi for his daughter, Emperor Wu of Han also took pains to choose and seal it in Donglai County on the Jiaodong Peninsula, as a famous "Yanyi" at that time, it was the richest place in the Jiaodong Peninsula, and Princess Weichang also became the only princess of the two Han Dynasties to be named Yanyi. From these two points, it can be seen how favored it is.
In addition to his status and living treatment, Emperor Wudi of Han was also extremely attentive in choosing a husband for his daughter. The first husband chosen by Emperor Wu of Han for Princess Wei was his sister Cao Xiang, the son of his sister Princess Pingyang and the fifth Marquis of Pingyang of the Western Han Dynasty, who was a descendant of Cao Shan, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty.
It should be known that Cao Shen ranked second among the founding heroes of the Western Han Dynasty, and the number of households sealed in the early years of the Founding of the Western Han Dynasty reached 163,000 households, which was an extremely important meritorious family at that time. Moreover, because Wei Zifu was presented to Emperor Wu of Han by Princess Pingyang, whether it was Emperor Wudi of Han or Wei Zifu, the relationship with Princess Pingyang was extremely close, and this marriage could be said to be close to each other.
In addition, after Cao Xiang became a famous man, he not only had a prominent position, but also had extremely good abilities, and he once followed Wei Qing to participate in the "Battle of Mobei" as a rear general, defeating the main force of the Xiongnu. Unfortunately, Cao Xiang died young in the third year of Yuan Ding (114 BC), resulting in Princess Wei chang becoming widowed at a young age.
Historically, although Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was wise and divine, he was extremely obsessed with the art of immortals, and was keen on asking immortals and ghosts, and even went to the sea seven times to seek immortals. As the saying goes, "If there is something good in the upper, there will be something in the lower part", since Emperor Wu of han was so obsessed with the art of immortals, he naturally gathered some alchemists who were "well versed in this way", first there was Li Shaoweng, a Qi person, and after Li Shaoweng was killed, In the fourth year of Yuan Ding (113 BC), Lecheng Marquis Dingyi recommended Li Shaoweng's brother Luan Da, a fellow disciple.
This Luan Da is not only slender, handsome, and has a good skin bag, but also bragging about not playing drafts, lying and not blushing, he told Emperor Wu of Han that he could often see An Zhisheng and envy the high immortals, but because of their low status, they did not believe in themselves, if Emperor Wu of Han really wanted to see immortals, he must make his status respectable, let himself wear all kinds of seal letters, only in this way can he win the trust of immortals, and he may really invite immortals.
Emperor Wu of Han saw that Luan Da was calm and did not seem to be lying, so he promoted Luan Da in a big way, first as a Wuli general, and then as a general of Tianshi, a general of Dishi, a general of Datong, and a general of Tiandao, and was also named the Marquis of Letong, and for a time Luan Da was equipped with six seals, and Gui Zhen was in the world.
In order to continue to enhance Luan Da's status, Emperor Wu of Han rewarded Princess Wei Chang Jin Wanjin (recorded in the Book of Han as Jin 100,000 Jin), renamed her fief Dangli, and married him to Luan Da.
Later, Emperor Wu of Han sent Luan Da into the sea to pray to the gods, but Luan Da was completely bragging on weekdays, and where did he really dare to go, so he ran to Mount Tai to pray. Luan Da did not know that Emperor Wu of Han had already sent people to follow him, in order to see if he really went to sea, so he knew his whereabouts, who knew that Luan Da had returned but said that he really went to sea to see the immortals.
It was only at this time that Emperor Wu of Han realized that he had been deceived, not only wasting a lot of money, but also delaying the marriage of his beloved daughter, so he angrily ordered Luan Da's waist to be beheaded, and Ding Yi, the Marquis of Lecheng who had recommended Luan Da to Emperor Wu of Han, was also sentenced to abandon the city. However, due to Princess Wei chang's reasons, After Luan Da was executed, Emperor Wu of Han still buried her thickly.
Regarding the ending of Princess Weichang, the historical data do not record, there are currently two main theories on the Internet, one is that Princess Weichang was "bare-chested and beheaded", which can be said to be baseless, not to mention that this matter is not recorded in the history of the main history and the history of the wild, how can this cruel punishment of waist beheading be used to favor the princess, not to mention the "bare waist beheading" with humiliating meaning.
Another theory is that Princess Weichang died in the "Scourge of the Witches", which is actually not credible, because although there are many people implicated in the "Curse of the Witches", even Princess Yangshi and Princess Caozong of Pingyang, the son of Princess Weichang, have been recorded, and if the extremely favored Princess Weichang is really implicated, how can it not be recorded in the historical data.
Therefore, the current general view is that Princess Weichang should have died long before the "scourge of witchcraft". In view of the fact that Princess Wei Chang was born around the third year of Jianyuan (138 BC), and the "Scourge of witchcraft" occurred in the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC), that is to say, Princess Wei Chang was at most forty years old when she died. The death at such a young age may be related to the tragic experience of the two marriages, but because of this, she witnessed the glory of the Wei family, but had the privilege of escaping the decline of the Wei family.